Hair curler



July 27, 1943.

A. REITER HAIR CURLER Filed June 25, 1942 INVENTOR: Add w A TTORNEK Patented July 27, 1943 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE 2325,547 a Ham CURLER Adolph Reiter, New York, N. Y. j Application June 23, 1942, Serial panacea 3 Claims. (01. man) The invention relates to hair curlers and more particularly to hair curlers where the hair strands to be rolled in a curl are engaged between a supporting base and a hair securing member.

Hair curlers of this type frequently consist of cylindrical base members made of metals or flexible materials to which the ends of an elastic cord are attached; to hold the hair during the formation of the curl clamping members such as tongues or covers or clamps or springs are provided which are often pivotally connected with the base member. The end of the hair strands is clamped between the clamping and the base member whereupon the hair is rolled on the curler.

Strip shaped curlers are also known which are provided with elongated eyes.

The manufacture of these known curlers is complicated and expensive. It is an object of this invention to provide a curler which is highly efiicient and simple in manipulation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a hair curler where the clamping action is controllable within a certain limit.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a hair curler which is prevented from losing its grip on the hair or slipping off from the same.

It is an object of the invention to produce a hair curler where a single means serves the combined purpose of gripping the hair during the formation of the curl and of securing the rolled curl.

It is a further vide a hair curler where the hair can be inserted sideways into the holding space.

With these and other objects in view which will become more apparent as this specification proceeds the invention is illustrated by way of example in the attached drawing of which Fig. 1 is a plan view of one modification,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section along line l--i of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a second modification of the invention.

object of the invention to pro-,

Referring to the drawing a denominates a hair supporting base, preferably made of card board or wood or any other sufliciently rigid and at the same time water absorbing material. This base is provided with a head 0. A longitudinal slit 2) extends through a major part of the base. This slit b opens out at the end d of the base; this shape of the slit makes it possible to introduce the hair sideways into the curler which greatly facilitates the rolling of the curl.

A hole 9 is provided in head c; a round or fiat cord e is pulled through hole g and secured therein, for instance by knot R, see Fig. 2. In order to secure the cord in head. 0, a seat Z is provided in the base member which is shown in Fig. 2.

In order to form the curl base a is wetted. The ends of the hair strands are inserted into the direction of arrow 5 sideways into slit 1). By the friction exerted upon the hair by the walls of the slit the hair is gripped and can be easily rolled without danger of slipping from the curler.

As soon as the curl is formed, cord e is squeezed into slit 1) and secured therein by knot is acting as a stop member. V

A slot 1 is provided in the cord and by open ing this slot a loop may be formed by means of which the cord may be slit over one of the ends d of the base member, whereby the curler is secured in the closed position.

Knot k may be replaced by any other suitable stop member, such as a pin.

A recess h is provided in the slit surrounding walls. This recess forms a seat for cord e after the same has been inserted in the slit.

In order to further intensify the clamping action of the slit clamping discs or clamping springs may be provided therein.

The walls of the slit b may be roughened or lacquered to improve their friction and the gripping action exerted on the hair strands.

According to the modification of the invention shown in Fig. 3 cord 2' base portion 1; where slit r opens out. A small slot 1) is provided in the head of the base member, the slot widening out into recess w. A knot z is slung into cord i. After the hair introduced in the slit and gripped therein by the friction of the slit Walls has been rolled into a curl by rotating the curler, the curl is secured by squeezing cord i in slot 12 and recess w.

Various changes may be made in the construction of my device without departing from the principle of my invention. 1, therefore, do not Wish to restrict myself to the details described and shown.

I claim:

1. A hair curler comprising a base member consisting of a solid circular rod, an integral head at the one end of said rod, an open end radial slit in said rod extending from a point in the vicinity of the head through .the entire length of the said base members, the distance is fastened to that end of than the radius of widened out at its between the slit Walls being considerably smaller the rod, said slit being widened out at its open end, a hair securing cord fastened at its one end to the said head and adapted to be squeezed at the other end into the said slit.

2. A hair curler comprising a base member consisting of a solid circular rod, an integral head at the one end of said rod, an open end radial slit in said rod extending from a point in the vicinity of the head through the entire length of the said base member, the distance between the slit walls being considerably smaller than the radius of the rod, said slit being open end, a recess in the said head, a hair securing cord fastened to the end of the rod opposite the head adapted to be squeezed in the said recess.

3. A hair curler comprising a base member consisting of a solid circular rod, an integral head at the one end of said rod, an open end radial slit in said rod extending from a point in the vicinity of the head through the entire length of the base member, the distance between the slit walls being considerably smaller than the radius of the rod, said slit being widened out at its open end, a passage in the said head, a hair securing cord adapted to be passed through the said passage, a knot in the one end of the cord, a seat in the head for the reception of the said knot transiting into the said passage, a second knot in the other end of the said cord, a circular recess 7 in the walls of the slit, said recess being located in the vicinity of the widened out open end of the said slit, said cord being adapted to be squeezed into the said recess, the latter securing the second knot of the cord in its operating position.

ADOLPH REITER. 

